Lord Rooker: The number of holdings in England recording pigs or dairy cows is shown below. Figures for the other UK countries fall under the jurisdiction of the devolved authorities.
	
		
			  Pigs and no Dairy Dairy and no Pigs Dairy and Pigs 
			  Holdings Farmers Holdings Farmers Holdings Farmers 
			 1997 8,530 14,273 21,216 41,233 1,716 3,478 
			 1998 8,517 14,393 20,626 41,459 1,690 3,439 
			 1999 7,979 13,281 19,852 39,935 1,474 2,945 
			 2000 7,998 13,584 18,753 38,362 1,341 2,652 
			 2001 7,936 13,834 17,260 35,994 1,254 2,531 
			 2002 8,130 13,525 17,536 36,237 1,141 2,219 
			 2003 7,972 12,914 16,623 34,545 1,035 1,953 
			 2004 8,305 13,648 16,128 33,727 1,072 1,975 
			 2005 8,653 13,938 15,491 31,094 1,014 1,863 
			 2006 8,260 13,643 15,009 30,396 985 1,873 
			 Source: June Agricultural Survey 
			 Notes: 
			 1. Data prior to 2000 are for main holding only. From 2000 onwards, all holdings are included. 
			 2. Estimates have been made for holdings not responding or not selected for the survey. 
			 3. Farmers include full- and part-time farmers, partners, directors and spouses, if working on the holding. 
			 4. Due to the introduction of new labour questions in 1998, figures prior to this year are not directly comparable with earlier years' results. 
			 5. Due to a register improvement exercise in 2001, labour figures prior to this are not directly comparable with later results.

Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether, following the judgment of the High Court in the case of British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (2007) EWHC 199 (QB), they will take steps to reimburse those who had incurred unnecessary expenses following the change of Rules in question; and whether, if the Government are unable to consult interested parties on future changes in the rules for the reasons given in evidence, they will conduct their own assessment of the potential adverse financial effects of those changes on persons with limited leave to remain, and publish the results at the same time as the changes in the rules.

Lord Clement-Jones: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many complaints about food supplements and herbal remedies being marketed in the United Kingdom with illegal health claims by companies based in the Channel Islands have been referred by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to the appropriate agencies in Guernsey and Jersey in the last two years; and what information the agency has received about the subsequent investigation of such complaints and the eventual outcomes; and
	When and for what reasons it was made illegal to offer kava kava for sale in the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of (a). the implications for public health of this decision; and (b) the legality of the continued marketing of products containing kava kava for sale to United Kingdom consumers by mail order from the Channel Islands; and
	When and for what reasons it was made illegal to offer melatonin for sale in the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of (a). the implications for public health of this decision; and (b) the legality of the continued marketing of products containing melatonin for sale to United Kingdom consumers by mail order from the Channel Islands; and
	What assessment they have made of the claims that Beres Drops cure cancer by the Healthy for Life company of the Channel Islands in its direct marketing to United Kingdom consumers; and
	What steps they propose to take to prevent direct-mail advertising from the Channel Islands offering products banned in the United Kingdom and products for which promotional health claims are made that would be illegal in the United Kingdom and the European Union; and
	What powers are available to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to prevent the marketing to United Kingdom mainland consumers of unlicensed medicinal products by companies based in the Channel Islands; and what steps they will take to address this issue.